Minimum wage rules for BC mercantile female workers set
The British Columbia Minimum Wage Board announces new pay scales for female employees in mercantile and laundry, cleaning and dyeing industries. Rates range from seven to thirteen dollars weekly and twenty eight and one eighth cents per hour for certain workers, with phased increases, apprenticeship limits, and penalties for underpayment. The measures take effect March 31 1919 and apply to clerical exemptions.
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British Columbia
Mercantile Industries
Province
British Colubia
Dissolution of Chow Lee, Sons & Company Firm
Notice that Chow Lee Sons and Company is dissolved and Chow Neen exits the firm. Chow Neen declares no business connections with the author. Dated February 21, 1919, by Chow Lee.
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Chow Lee, Sons & Company
Chow Neen
Chow Lee
Honest Weekday Endorsements Decide Job Bid
An applicant for an office boy position presents church and Sunday school letters but a wary employer seeks weekday references. He admits the credentials show honesty yet asks for a second opinion from someone who knows the boy on ordinary days.
Chicken in the shell at western boarding house
A cheerful young man asks about the grub in a Western boarding house dining room and learns there is chicken every morning. The elder boarder jokes that the chicken is served in the shell, prompting a comical response from the newcomer.
Ethel Clayton Stars in A Soul Without Windows
Miss Ethel Clayton is set to appear in a new World Picture Brady-Made film bearing the title A Soul Without Windows. The production showcases Clayton in a leading role with plans for release in coming weeks.
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Ethel Clayton
Two Notables Arrive From Europe
Mrs. Norman DeR. Whitehouse of New York, long in Berne directing American propaganda, has just arrived in New York. Also arriving is Insert General Ugo Pizarello, famed Italian hero.
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Norman der. Whitehouse
New York
Berne
Switzerland
Ugo Pizarello
Italy
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Cumberland
B.C
Anna Case
Metropolitan Opera
Edison
Edison Company
G.A Fletcher Music Co
Cumberland, B.C
Europe
G. Almas
Fourth St
Saskatoon
R. P. Christie
King Block
Information Girl
The
Enquirer
British Columbia Telephone Co., Ltd
British Columbia Breweries, Limited
Union Brewing Co., Ltd
Nanaimo, B.C
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